Ford Motor Company October 2013 Sales Up 14% To 191,985 Units In The United States: By The Numbers

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Ford dealers in the United States delivered 191,985 vehicles in October 2013, representing a 14% year-over-year rise in sales. Retail sales are up 15% to 142,487 vehicles, marking the automaker’s best October retail sales performance since 2004. The Ford brand was responsible for 184,854 sales while Lincoln sold 7,131 vehicles.

Sales gains ran far and wide, with passenger cars up 19%, utilities up 9%, and trucks up 14%.

“October was simply an outstanding retail performance, as consumers continued to choose Ford for great fuel efficiency, styling and value at all levels of the market,” said John Felice, vice president, U.S. marketing, sales and service. “The combination of great new products, such as Fusion and Escape, along with the strength of our dealers helped us achieve our best October retail sales month since 2004.”

October Sales Highlights (vs. 2012):

Ford Fusion sales up 71% to 21,740 units – representing record October sales. Fusion retail sales are up 65%. The strongest growth for the Fusion is in the west region of the U.S., where retail sales are up 77%, sales in the eastern region were up 65%.

Fiesta sales up 9% to 4,337 units, also marketing record October sales

Escape sales up 12% to 22,253 units.

F-Series of 63,803 trucks (up 13%) for sixth-straight month. The last time Ford sold more than 60,000 trucks for six consecutive months was 2006.

Lincoln sales up 38% to 7,131 units.

All-new Lincoln MKZ sales up 80% to 2,909 units. MKZ has now reported record sales for six of the last seven months, attracting significant conquest buyers to the Lincoln brand.

2013 - October - USA - Ford

MODEL

YOY MONTHLY CHANGE

2013

2012

YOY YTD CHANGE

YTD 2013

YTD 2012

FORD TOTAL

+13.2

184,854

163,302

+12.81

2,018,428

1,789,236

FIESTA

+8.67

4,337

3,991

+30.5

61,955

47,475

FOCUS

-17.53

15,108

18,320

-0.61

203,762

205,006

C-MAX

-20.49

2,530

3,182

-43.79

30,784

4151

FUSION

+71.32

21,740

12,690

+3457.56

248,033

206,855

TAURUS

+25.93

5,032

3,996

-16.88

59,967

54,765

POLICE INTERCEPTOR SEDAN

+11.42

995

893

+165.23

9,681

6,972

MUSTANG

+29.84

6,918

5,328

-69.95

66,083

72,149

CROWN VICTORIA

-100

0

226

-100

0

3,650

ESCAPE

+12.21

22,253

19,832

+926.65

250,543

219,907

EDGE

+3.27

8,681

8,406

-14.88

108,270

105,393

FLEX

+12.4

1,623

1,444

+344.1

21,450

24,404

EXPLORER

+0.34

13,584

13,538

+379.41

149,431

127,193

POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY

+149.85

1,704

682

-97.73

11,791

4,830

EXPEDITION

+7.07

3,151

2,943

+58.86

30,533

31,170

F-SERIES

+12.93

63,803

56,497

+510.94

623,309

520,230

RANGER

-100

0

74

-100

0

19,220

E-SERIES

+17.64

9,508

8,082

+1855.3

102,751

102,024

TRANSIT CONNECT

+18.73

3,169

2,669

+17.58

33,613

28,587

HEAVY TRUCKS

+41.06

718

509

+23.16

6,472

5,255

2013 - October - USA - Lincoln

MODEL

YOY MONTHLY CHANGE

2013

2012

YOY YTD CHANGE

YTD 2013

YTD 2012

LINCOLN TOTAL

+38.36

7,131

5,154

-2.97

66,983

69,034

MKZ

+80.24

2,909

1,614

+6.36

26,684

25,088

MKS

+31.47

919

699

-11.12

8,985

10,109

TOWN CAR

-100

0

21

-100

0

937

MKX

+26.22

2,022

1,602

-4.72

19,420

20,382

MKT

-23.24

327

426

-15.57

4,985

5,904

NAVIGATOR

+20.45

954

792

+4.46

6,909

6,614

2013 - October - USA - FoMoCo

MODEL

YOY MONTHLY CHANGE

2013

2012

YOY YTD CHANGE

YTD 2013

YTD 2012

FOMOCO TOTAL

+13.97

191,985

168,456

+12.22

2,085,411

1,858,270

FORD

+13.2

184,854

163,302

+12.81

2,018,428

1,789,236

LINCOLN

+38.36

7,131

5,154

-2.97

66,983

69,034

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